Double water closet fitting for wall discharge



May 16, 1967 c. C.'POPE 3,319,267

DOUBLE WATER CLOSET FITTING FOR WALL DISCHARGE Filed June 22, 1964 w INVENTOR. COURTNEY C. POPE ATTORNEY 3,319,267 DOUBLE WATER CLOSET FITTING FOR WALL DISCHARGE Courtney C. Pope, Haines City, Fla., assignor to Sim-plici-ty Products Corporation, Haines City, Fla., a corporation of Florida Filed June 22, 1964, Ser. No. 376,640 1 Claim. (Cl. 4-252) This invention relates to means for mounting toilets or water closets and has particular reference to means by which the closets can be securely and conveniently mounted in a number of ways.

It is an object of the invention to provide means, in one embodiment of the invention, for securely mounting the toilets on the opposite sides of a wall, and in another embodiment, to provide an improved means for the mounting of a single toilet.

More particularly, the invention contemplates the provision of a fitting, constituting a soil pipe extension, and which fitting is provided at its upper end with diverging branches, each of which branches is connected by means of a sleeve to the drain outlet of a toilet. Each of the branches terminates in a hub or flangt forming a seat for a packing for a gland which couples the sleeve to the branch, and each hub is provided with a plurality of radially-extending diverging arms receiving tie rods that have ends extending beyond the wall for the anchorage of toilets at the opposite sides of the wall.

The invention also contemplates a fitting which utilizes an elbow, a T or a Y, and having radial and divergent arms by which a single toilet is mounted.

With these and other objects to be hereinafter set forth in view, I have devised the arrangement of parts to be described and more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein an illustrative embodiment of the invention is disclosed,

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a connection means by which two toilets or water closets are disposed respectively at the opposite sides of a wall;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the mounting means, and

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of means for the mounting of a single toilet or closet.

Referring to the structure disclosed in FIG. 1, there is shown therein flooring 10 provided with an opening 11 extending through it, said opening being lined by a sleeve 12. At 13 is shown a fitting constituting a drain outlet pipe, connected at its lower end to the conventional soil pipe not shown. Adjacent to its upper end the fitting 13 is provided with a foot 14 resting upon and secured to the flooring in any conventional manner. Above the foot 14 the fitting or pipe 13 is divided into two divergent branches indicated respectively at 15 and 16 so that the pipe or fitting 13 may as a whole be said to be in substantially Y-shape. A baffle plate 13a is positioned within the fitting 13 between its branches 15 and 16 and a vent pipe 42 connects between said branches.

The branch 15 is connected by a gland connection 17 to one end of a sleeve 18 having its other end protruding from the face 19 of the wall and held in contact with a sealing ring or packing 20 fitted in a groove 21 Provided in the body of the water closet. The packing 20 is located around the drain outlet 22 of the closet and the flow therefrom will pass through the sleeve 18 and through the branch 15 of the fitting 13 and descend to reach the soil pipe to which the lower end of the vertical part of the pipe or fitting 13 is connected.

At its end, the branch 15 is provided with a hub 23 which receives and forms a seat for the packing 24 of the gland 17. Projecting upwardly and radially from the hub United States Patent C ice 23 is a pair of divergent arms 6 each of these'arms being provided at its outer extremity with a boss 26 through which a threaded tie rod 7 extends. The closet bowl 31 has an upstanding back portion 27 that is apertured at 28 to receive the threaded tie rods on which the closet is held by the nuts 29 and washers 30.

The description thus far relates to the mounting of one of the closets at the face 19 of the wall, and the closet 31a at the opposite side of the wall is similarly mounted. That is to say, the branch 16 of the outlet drain pipe or fitting 13 has a sleeve 18 coupled to it and connected to the drain outlet 22 of the closet 31a. The threaded tie rods 7 which pass through the bosses 26 on the arms 6 also extend through the wall and pass through the bosses 26a provided on the arms 6a. Lock nuts 33 on the tie rods 7 hold the rods securely attached to the pairs of upwardly diverging arms 6 and 6a. It will appear that the tie rods 7 extending through the bosses 26 of the arms 6, will be one continuous threaded rod to project outwardly beyond the walls 19, while the tie rods passing through the bosses 26a of the arms 6a will be made in short sections, since one continuous rod cannot be employed, as it is in direct alignment with the fitting 13. In all other respects, the arms 6 and 6a are substantially identical.

The arrangement described is one which provides for a firm and sturdy mounting of two toilets or closets of the wall hung type which are respectively mounted at the opposite sides of a wall. The threaded tie rods 7, extending through the wall and connecting the two closets together; act to firmly hold and bind the toilets to the wall yet they provide for a convenient and easy attachment or removal of the toilets or closets for servicing or replacement.

In FIG. 1 is shown a mounting means for the attachment of two toilets as above described and the principle therein disclosed may be employed for the mounting of a single toilet as will be apparent from FIG. 3. Therein the pipe or fitting 14a terminates at the top in an elbow 37 having an encircling hub 23 to which a sleeve such as that shown at 18 in FIG. 1, is attached. The elbow 37, shown in FIG. 3 is provided with the same hub 23, that is recessed to receive the packing 24 for engagement by the gland 17. The sleeve couples to the drain outlet of the toilet or closet in the manner described in respect to the structure of FIG. 1. The hub 23 is provided with divergent arms 39 terminating at their upper ends in the bosses 40, which bosses threadably receive the threaded ne rods 41 which attach to the toilet or closet bowl in the manner described with respect to FIG. 1.

The elbow 37 is provided with the vent pipe shown at 42. for wall mounted closets or toilets. For example, as will be clearly seen in FIG. 2, the hub 23 is provided with two diametrically-opposite relatively short arms 43 having bosses 44 which receive tie rods or bolts 41 that extend to and pass through suitably positioned holes in the toilet bowl. This arrangement of the shorter arms can be applied to the single toilet mounting of FIG. 3 or to the double toilet mounting shown in FIG. 1.

As will be observed, the fitting has been provided with a foot 14 that is normally adapted to rest upon the floor area 10 and to fixedly dispose the fitting at an elevation to establish the center line of the drain openings; however, should it be determined that the center of the fitting be elevated to accommodate the center line of the fixture and he center line of the drain openings, shims or plates may be installed beneath the foot 14 to elevate the fixture to a proper center line position.

While I have herein described embodiments of the invention, it is obvious that the same is not to be restricted The constructions as thus far described are intended thereto but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claim.

What I claim is:

A mounting means for a pair of water closets comprising, a pair of water closets with each of the same respectively positioned on the opposite sides of a Wall, a drain pipe connected to the water closets, said pipe terminating at one end in a pair of divergent branches, each of the branches terminating in a hub, each hub having a pair of radially-extending arms, the pairs of arms being located in spaced-apart relation within the wall, tie rods extending through the wall and between the arms and attached thereto, said tie rods passing through said arms and having end portions projecting from the opposite faces of the walls which end portions are attached to the closets at said opposite faces of the walls wherein the tie rods at one side of the fitting extend entirely through bosses carried by one pair of arms while the tie rods upon the opposite side of the fitting are formed in sections and with each section connected to a boss and to extend outwardly through the walls for connection to each one of said pair of associated water closets.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,155,498 10/1915 Lloyd 4-252 1,650,057 11/1927 Wernle 4-252 2,878,483 3/1959 Schmid 4-252 3,014,222 12/1961 Pope 4-252 3,014,223 12/1961 Pope 4-252 3,252,168 5/1966 Schmid et a1 4-252 LAV-ERNE D. GEIGER, Primary Examiner.

SAMUEL ROTHBERG, Examiner.

H. K. ARTIS, Assistant Examiner. 

